Dionicia Gamboa Explained

Dionicia Gamboa is a Peruvian parasitologist and professor at Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Cayetano Heredia University.[1] Her research focusses on Plasmodium vivax, a major malaria parasite species in South America (as well as South-East Asia).[2]

Early life and education

Gamboa grew up in Chiclayo.[3] She studied at I.E. Nuestra Señora del Rosario School. When Gamboa finished school, she moved to Lima to pursue university studies.[4] While studying to apply for university, Gamboa found her true passion for research, and eventually did her bachelor's degree in biology and master's degree in biochemistry at Cayetano Heredia University. Few years later, Gamboa moved to The Netherlands for her PhD on Leishmania at Maastricht University.[5]

Research

She built up the malaria group at the Institute of Tropical Medicine to a team of around 50 people conducting lab-based studies locally in Lima and field-work around Iquitos.

Gamboa and her group work with Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, WHO, and the Peruvian Ministry of Health, to track mosquito breeding and malaria transmission in the Amazon.[6] 96% of the malaria burden for Peru is found in the rainforest-laden Department of Loreto, where the most abundant vector is Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes. Her research team used aerial drones to construct maps of where large bodies of stagnant water can be found across the rural region, which provide fertile habitats for developing mosquitoes.[7]

Gamboa was awarded an Elsevier Foundation Award in 2013 for her work as a young woman scientist on her continent.[8] [9] However she recently commented on the disappointment that her country was no longer entitled to discounted access to the Elsevier journals due to recent economic growth.[10] In 2016 Gamboa was given the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards by L'Oréal Peru, UNESCO and The National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica), worth 45,000 Peruvian sols.[11] [12] [13] Gamboa is a project lead at the Amazonian Center of Excellence in Malaria Research established by the NIH and led by Joseph Vinetz.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women in science: A perspective from Peru. Gamboa. Dionicia. 2015-03-06. Research in progress blog. en-GB. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150322225102/http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2015/03/06/women-in-science-a-perspective-from-peru/ . 2015-03-22 . 2019-12-20.
  2. Web site: Calor en la Amazonía. nmas1.org. es. 2019-12-20.
  3. Web site: La ciencia seduce cada vez más a las peruanas [Interactivo]]. Perú. Redacción El Comercio. 2017-02-16. El Comercio Perú. es. 2019-12-30.
  4. Web site: Young Women Scientists - A bright future for the Americas: Discover why and how these young women decided to become scientists. IANAS. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191220235311/https://www.ianas.org/images/women/Per.pdf . 2019-12-20 . 20 Dec 2019.
  5. Web site: Investigadora peruana obtiene premio mundial para mujeres jóvenes científicas. PERÚ. Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. andina.pe. es. 2019-12-30.
  6. Web site: Tackling malaria hotspots in the Amazon jungle. www.who.int. en. 2019-12-20.
  7. Carrasco-Escobar. Gabriel. Manrique. Edgar. Ruiz-Cabrejos. Jorge. Saavedra. Marlon. Alava. Freddy. Bickersmith. Sara. Prussing. Catharine. Vinetz. Joseph M.. Conn. Jan E.. Moreno. Marta. Gamboa. Dionicia. 2019-01-17. High-accuracy detection of malaria vector larval habitats using drone-based multispectral imagery. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. en. 13. 1. e0007105. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007105. 1935-2735. 6353212. 30653491 . free .
  8. Web site: Awards recognize women scientists in developing countries. Elsevier. Elsevier Connect. en. 2019-12-20.
  9. Web site: INVESTIGADORA DE UPCH, DIONICIA GAMBOA, OBTIENE EL PREMIO A JÓVENES CIENTÍFICAS OTORGADO POR LA FUNDACIÓN ELSEVIER – Diario Médico Perú. admin. es. 2019-12-30.
  10. Schiermeier. Quirin. Mega. Emiliano Rodríguez. 2017-01-05. Scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan to lose access to Elsevier journals. Nature News. en. 541. 7635. 13. 10.1038/nature.2016.21223. 28054621. 2017Natur.541...13S. free.
  11. Web site: Congratulation to Ms. Dionicia Gamboa Ph.D. - "For Women in Science" award. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428023823/http://imtavh.cayetano.edu.pe:80/en/component/k2/item/212-congratulation-to-ms-dionicia-gamboa-ph-d-for-women-in-science-award.html . 2017-04-28 . 20 Dec 2019.
  12. Web site: Investigadoras peruanas reciben premio "Por las Mujeres en la Ciencia" otorgado por LOREAL, UNESCO y CONCYTEC. portal.concytec.gob.pe. 2019-12-20.
  13. Web site: Dos investigadoras peruanas fueron reconocidas con premio 'Por Las Mujeres en la Ciencia' por aportes al sector salud. Peru21. Redacción. 2016-03-18. Peru21. es. 2019-12-20.
  14. Web site: Amazonian ICEMR NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. www.niaid.nih.gov. en. 2019-12-20.

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